11h Annual TCBES Symposium Program
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Thursday, April 15th, 2021
| Time |
Morning Event |
| 9:00am-9:30am |
Kīpaepae Welcoming Ceremony and Opening Remarks |
| 9:30am-10:15am |
Keynote Speaker: Christian Giardina - Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service |
| 10:15am-10:30am |
Questions |
| 10:30am-11:15am |
Keynote Talk Story |
1st Session: 11:20 - 12:15 PM
| Time |
Speaker, Title |
| 11:20am |
Ryan Perroy, Detecting Suspect Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Trees Via High-Resolution Visible Imagery |
| 11:38am |
Andre Nguyen, Using Bioacoustics to Measure ʻIʻiwi Density at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge |
| 11:46am |
Bobbie Suarez, Incorporating Detection and Occupancy Coefficients of Pacific Islands Coral Reef Fishes into Biomass Estimation Procedures Indicates Biases of Current Methodology |
| 12:04am |
Michael Stone, Assessing the Brand Name Marine Debris Pollution from Southeastern Shores of Hawaiʻi Island |
| 12:12am |
Anuhea Robins, Linking Plant Litter and Litter-Dwelling Arthropod Functional Traits to Predict Ecological Interactions |
| 12:20am |
Trevor Bak, A Global Signature of Extinction Risk in Marine Fishes |
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
2nd Session: 1:00 - 3:00 PM
| Time |
Speaker,Title |
| 1:30pm |
Nikola Rodriguez, How Will Mass Bleaching Events Affect the Prevalence of Ciguatera on Hawaiian Reefs |
| 1:38pm |
Mari-Vaughn V. Johnson, The Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PICASC) |
| 1:56pm |
Kyra Robinson, Natural History & Biogeography of Hawaiian Fungi |
| 2:14pm |
Joseph Nakoa III, A Multi-Indicator Approach to Identify Sewage Hotspots Along the Hilo, Hawaiʻi Coastline |
| 2:22pm |
Alexander Spengler, MEGA LAB AR - A Coral Reef in your Pocket |
| 2:30pm |
Alexa Runyan, Automating Urchin Detection on High-Resolution Benthic Imagery using Machine Learning Techniques |
| 2:45-3:00pm |
Closing Remarks |
Friday, April 16th, 2021
| Time |
Morning Event |
| 9:00-9:15am |
Opening Remarks |
| 9:15-10:15am |
Kuaha Building Workshop, presented by Hālau ʻŌhiʻa |
3rd Session: 10:30 - 12:00 PM
| Time |
Speaker,Title |
| 10:30am |
Tracy Wiegner, Identifying Locations of Sewage Pollution Within a Hawaiian Watershed for Coastal Water Quality Management Actions |
| 10:48am |
Danielle Bartz, The History of Hammerheads in Hilo |
| 10:56am |
Jordan Hemmerly, Comparison of Quantification Methods Used to Measure Success of Scleractinian Coral Populations at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument |
| 11:04am |
Sebastian A.W. Wells, Expanding the Capacity for the Preservation and Restoration of Native Forest Habitats on the Island of Hawaiʻi |
| 11:22am |
Kainalu Steward, Collaborative Efforts to Reevaluate the Vulnerability of Lalo in Papahānaumokuākea |
| 11:30am |
Sofia Ferreria, Automating Coral Species Segmentation and Classification from High Resolution Coral Reef Imagery |
| 11:48am |
Lily Gavagan, Analyzing and Mapping Cultural Significant Sites on the Island of Kahoʻolawe |
| 11:56am |
Sarah Jeanne Norrbom, Looking at the Whole Picture for Estuary Restoration |
12:05 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
4th Session: 1:00 - 3:00 PM
| Time |
Speaker,Title |
| 1:00pm |
Tim Grabowski, Patterns of Morphological Variation in an Introduced Population of Peacock Grouper Cephalopholis argus around Hawaiʻi Island |
| 1:18pm |
Keilani Bonis-Ericksen, Identifying Patterns in Demography, Community Composition, and 3D Structural Complexity on Coral Reefs in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument |
| 1:26pm |
Amanda Navine, Avian Malaria and the Gut Microbiome in Hawaiian Honeycreepers |
| 1:44pm |
Olivia Jarvis, Quantifying the Extent of Weather Buoy Damage to Coral Reefs at Lisianski Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Island |
| 1:52pm |
Carson Green & Rachel Willard, Down to Digitize: Tracking Vitality of Corals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands through Geospatial Software |
| 2:10pm |
Jessica Glazner, Unlocking Resilience Drivers to Inform Pacific Coral Reef Management |
| 2:18pm |
Danielle Wilde, Effects of Chondria tumulosa on the 3D Habitat Complexity of Reefs on Pearl and Hermes Atoll |
| 2:36pm |
Shane Murphy, Comparison of Photochemical Efficiency Among Hawaiian Coral Species Housed in a Closed-System Aquarium |
| 2:55-3:00pm |
Closing Remarks |
10th Annual TCBES Research Symposium Program
